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MNN.COM > Eco-Glossary

Nature

 
Nature includes most everything not created by man. Flora, fauna and geophysical features like mountains and rivers are all important components of nature. Climatic occurrences like hurricanes and floods are also elements of nature. One must typically venture to the outdoors to really experience nature, but it is often found all around us. (Photo: Flickr)

Recent Stories


Creature that weaves underwater silk enlisted to suture surgical wounds

Tue, Mar 02 2010 at 5:30 AM EST

Scientists are beginning to unravel the mystery of how caddisfly silk stays sticky underwater, and it could lead to the development of a wet Band-Aid.


Bees are caffeine and nicotine addicts

Fri, Feb 26 2010 at 3:38 AM EST

Caffeinated flowers and nicotine-laced nectar are a bee's version of coffee and cigarettes.


Predatory jumbo flying squid invade California waters

Tue, Feb 02 2010 at 10:01 PM EST

El NiƱo may explain why the aggressive giant squid, that have been known to attack divers, are migrating away from native waters in Mexico.


Tornado vs. train: Guess who wins?

Mon, Jan 18 2010 at 3:39 PM EST

A well-placed video camera picks up the derailment of a train caused by a mighty blast from a passing tornado.


Thousands view solar eclipse in Africa, Asia

Fri, Jan 15 2010 at 11:53 AM EST

Some embrace phenomenon while others hide from 'dragon demon.'


Wild chimps fashion cutlery, chop food into bite-sized portions

Fri, Dec 25 2009 at 6:39 AM EST

It's the first time such culinary behavior has ever been witnessed in a nonhuman species.


Real-life vampires and other unpleasant facts of nature

Tue, Dec 22 2009 at 5:19 PM EST

Embrace the uncomfortable truth that sometimes nature bites.


12.5% of all Florida manatees killed in 2009

Mon, Dec 21 2009 at 9:09 PM EST

As many as 419 manatees have been found dead since Jan. 1, the highest number on record for a calendar year.


Petunias and potatoes added to list of carnivorous plants

Wed, Dec 09 2009 at 5:36 AM EST

New review on carnivorous flora suggests that a number of plants previously thought innocent may actually be murderous.


Newly evolved finch appears on the Galapagos Islands

Mon, Nov 16 2009 at 10:40 PM EST

Evolution caught in the act? An isolated population of finches have odd-shaped beaks, sing differently, and don't breed with others.


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